Yippee - just a two tracker to review and sent my way via Dirty Water Records - in fact double yippee! Here we have a crew from the sunny wastelands of Sunderland and a unit that bask in influences of the sixties and regenerate things with a slightly meaner, unsettling and perverse psychedelic approach.

Employing a basic, thumping garage beat alongside twanging surf guitar parts theirs is an edgy and dark, hook-laden sound which sets them apart from the more deliberately psychedelic sound of many of their peers.

Hailing from the Sunderland, you’ll probably be surprised to hear that The Sons Of Bido Lito are more influenced by the psychedelic/garage sounds of 60s America than the indie bands of north-east England.

After reading the name of the band you don’t know what to expect, but if you jump that hurdle, you’re in for some good music.

The Sons of Bido Lito serve up some scuzzy music which takes you all the way back to the sixties in places, as they Demand your attention with their attackive riff. The music video alone is eerie and psycadelic enough, but with the music, it’s hard to avoid.

Some songs just frisk ears with their creative tenacity; finger the imagination and fondle the psyche with a tempting which almost seems like it has been engineered just to fit personal tastes. One such irresistible enticement for us is Avalanche, the new thrill laden single from UK garage/psych rockers The Sons of Bido Lito. The two track encounter is pure addiction on 7” vinyl courtesy of Dirty Water Records; a pair of songs which from different directions unite to create aural manna for swerving bodies and lusty thoughts.

The Sons of Bido Lito headlining in Tent 3 were our next stop off. Typically the tent was very busy so we watched from the bandstand. Again this was a local band so had a great crowd. Split Festival is quite right to showcase its local talent because it’s made visitors such as us aware of some great new sounds and The Sons of Bido Lito were no exception.

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Biography:

The Sons Of Bido Lito began to germinate in the summer of 2011, rehearsing in a greenhouse alongside a Yardbirds record, a case of Löwenbräu and a compilation of Oliver Reed outtakes.

Their pounding jungle drums will knock your teeth out. The Beefhearty bass will get your foot tappin' like a Mississippi bluesman. The keys unsettle you like a weird travelling carnival. And the guitars twang like a Link Wray rumble.

Then they get interesting.

Alongside shows with Primal Scream, James Skelly and Jacco Gardener, the likes of FIFA 15 and Heineken have been queuing at the door to use their mind bending melodies for their online commercials.

The Bido Lito's released their debut EP "Bido Music" in April 2013 with only 200 copies hitting the shelves. It proved popular with fans and critics alike with the record completely selling out and legendary DJ Gary Crowley singling out Movin' An A Groovin' as his track of the week for both his Amazing Radio and Radio London shows.

It was followed up in November with the stand alone single "Gamma Ray!", recorded at legendary Newcastle studios, Blast. It helped the lads bag themselves a publishing deal with Wipeout music which resulted in FIFA using Gamma Ray! as the title track for their YouTube goal of the month video that has went onto have well over 1 million hits. Heineken were also hot on their heals using "Coco Bongo" for their Champions league coverage with Ruud Gullit, although they were slightly gutted they weren't granted a free tour of the brewery in return. Eh, you lose a few pints of mediocre lager here, you gain 2,000,000 Youtube hits there....